mitt romney and barack obama you could out for the crucial swing state votes in the last leg of our election campaign that bears the hallmarks of reality television. the revolutionaries in revolt the most vigorous fight is against libya's toppled regime threaten the new leadership with consequences unless they get more local power. no mercy tactics in the syrian standoff rebel fighters face war crime allegations after a video of an apparent lynching of pro assad troops surfaces online.

a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at the moscow rover sushi i had with just four days to go until the voting day both mitt romney and barack obama have kicked their election campaigns into overdrive racing from rally to rally both desperate to break their poll stalemate something neither the debates nor superstorm have been able to do his outies anastasio on the final scripted rush. and fire in. the blame game in full swing why didn't you call me when you're working on this thing finger pointing p did make it worse mocking he even called it marvelous which is a word you don't often hear when it comes to describing a budget a tax this president's a lightweight we've all agreed that families are off limits. dogs are apparently fair game what you're seeing is them finally rising up to the level of professional wrestling and i say rising up to it because in pro wrestling

in front of the cameras we all hate each other behind the scenes it's a business. and that's the same way it is for them it's a sham a sham largely compared to reality television survivor style started out limited to be contestants on the island and then event they have to form alliances you can call those parties and then they finally in the grand. you have two three five years to go ahead and they and it gets the big just the big prize the big prize for years to run the united states of america the contestants are giving it their all to win the competition the concept of a reality show we all know is supposed to be some kind of reality but but in reality it's just really made for t.v. and the presidential campaigns in the us are completely made for t.v. like in any major production a huge crew and didn't box run the game if they have people determine what

a guy's going to wear what kind of haircut how much makeup in a saloon opportunity for a lot of people to get rich from looks to comments and most of the election campaign and scripted. the mainstream media following the presidential campaigns eats the show right up one example i'm going to stop the subsidy to p.b.s. i'm going to stop all the things i like p.b.s. i love big bird there's a great you. know as a presidential debate of two thousand and twelve as a. million viewers that makes it the most successful most popular reality show. while fact checking leaves the building i. think in about track record about taxes. year in year most of the coverage of the have. you spreading a giant welcome mat for trivialized news coverage is romney hurting obama's

feelings as obama hurting his feelings are they being cordial to each other or are they being angry look at the way obama looks up and looks down the show must go on until. curtains are drawn presidential candidates putting on a performance to be voted into the white house a superficial media paying little attention to the actual words being said and not demanding to hear the words that should matter as the u.s. election enters its closing act and look to tame ant and remains king and politics not much more than a circus and as they see it you're going to party new york. and one aspect of the race that neither candidate is lingered on very much is america's military for rays of broad both promise less war more safety more security at u.s. national defense expert gareth porter told us he's got serious reservations throughout the campaign and outside the context of the campaign you simply do not have a lively debate in the united states over this extreme degree of military

spending and the militarism that goes with it i'm sorry to say that i don't believe . obama will deliver on his campaign promise specifically to and u.s. involvement in the war in afghanistan i mean that is certainly the impression that he's conveyed to the american people and that was conveyed to the american people by the vice presidential candidate joe biden i think the closest romney and his running mate paul ryan have come to making a promise is perhaps the the idea that they would somehow be more successful in putting pressure on iran to end its nuclear program but i must say that it was not made with much conviction and that i think is a measure of just how in your the us public and the political system have become to militarism and empire for the united states. well

despite the devastation that superstorm sandy wrought across the northeastern u.s. it has proven to be something of a political opportunity for the candidates both rush to offer sympathy criticizing the other for inaction. spin out of the rather soaked streets of new york to gauge which candidate weathered it the best. new york was hit hard by hurricane sandy will it affect the way new yorkers vote or the way they look at the issues this week let's talk about that i was a county alan on sixty floor and i seen every day there would just be water. water everywhere was industry do you think the government has handled the storm well you know how could they have done better they could have gotten the subway running a lot quicker but you think that they have anything to do with how much water down there no i think they're just really slow to respond i mean the whole thing with

the buses over here is ridiculous and it's unconstitutional that you have to have three people in a car are you still going to vote on tuesday. that no. the city could have been wiped away if the voting polls still stand i have to be there. reacted to it it seems to be getting. to be. yes so do you think that obama's looking better than romney right now. i think mitt romney is a much bigger natural disaster than hurricane sandy and i hope people realize that vote for obama you don't think there's anything wrong with obama i think there's plenty wrong in terms of his. foreign policy in the mideast but unfortunately he's the lesser evil the bottom line is this has been a tough time for new york city and most of us are looking forward to putting this

hurricane and the election. behind that. well r.t. is the channel giving american voters a different perspective every day and the full choice of white house hopefuls to choose from on monday it is the final debate between the third party candidates and it will be live from our studios in washington d.c. . will two parties keep us politics a one way street. or will new voices disrupt the power of power allow. what is america changes. u.s. election clothes guide monday november fifth on our team. all right and thanks for joining us here on r.t. today there's fresh anger and frustration among libyans this time an oil rich benghazi where hundreds turned out to vent against the leadership they fought for in the revolution more on the roots of their discontent from our middle east

correspondent paul asli. more than a thousand protesters have taken to the streets of the eastern city of benghazi they're calling for greater autonomy send if they feel marginalized by the new government in tripoli now this comes a little more than a year on after the ouster of the format libyan leader moammar gadhafi and i asked on one icky that of that the people of benghazi played such a central role in bringing about they are now saying that they were better off before the revolution that the whole eastern part of the country is marginalized and deprived of political and economic power now what they want is an autonomous region in the east and we're talking here about roughly half the territory of libya and around three quarters of the country's vast oil reserves what they also want to step in ghazi will become the economic capital of libya what this means is that you will have key institutions such as the central bank as well as the ministries of

oil and finance based in the city and this is not a new court earlier this year we did see tribal leaders come together with the same demands they say that they want to manage the own affairs and also have a larger share of revenue from the resources that are in the east of the country what the warning is that if the demands are ignored they will be dire consequences and certainly what we're witnessing is a growing mood of tension and discontent in the country that is being torn apart by protesters just a year on after the so-called revolution. are shifting gears now from libya to syria where rebel groups have stormed a key military base in the northwest al qaeda linked fighters are said to be taking part in the assault which could see more high tech weapons falling into their hands this as the u.n. examines video which it suspects could be evidence of a war crime committed by syrian rebels the newly released footage purportedly shows opposition fighters executing captured government troops ten soldiers who were. no

longer believed to be combatants were lined up lined up on the ground though before being repeatedly shot with automatic rifle investigative journalist james corbett says it's a rare example of opposition tactics now finally coming under international scrutiny. the atrocities are definitely being committed by the rebel forces and and unfortunately that is being completely ignored because it serves of course the interests of the people who are backing the rebels and who are against assad to try to portray them in the best light possible so we've seen over the months numerous documents coming out from different organization including amnesty including including human rights watch documenting summary execution of prisoners torture the use of children in these conflict on the part of the rebels but that has been conveniently buried in the headlines time and time again and even some of the reports that didn't know some of these atrocities being committed by the rebels were almost always preface it by reports of government atrocities and that was

buried somewhere down halfway through the article time and time again so it is of course and it has be hypocrisy that's underlying this and it's trying to manipulate public opinion certainly in the west to to be on the force and on the side of these rebel forces the only real plan that's on the table that right now that's feasible is the one that china just put forth the four point proposal for the syrian troops which also does not include any language for assad to step down it does not in court include any enforcement language which is a political one starter in washington because of course those are the two key issues that they want to make sure is part of any type of proposal so once again we see that that washington is really absolutely keen to make sure that assad stepping down as part of any proposal and i think they're not going to accept anything short of that so i think they are content to watch these atrocities and and these murders and executions and torture pile up in the name of trying to get rid of assad and

unfortunately the only real peace plan on the table at the moment isn't even being considered seriously by washington. and out to bahrain where violence against pro-reform which has flared up again police accused of using disproportionate force on the streets and online the king is rulers are going all out to try and destroy the dissent as we report just a bit later here on out. and would seeing a disease that on the label put you off your sneaky snacks in a couple of minutes the backlash of a canadian medics we want to put fear into for. horses and bayonets big bird these are the words of internet legend from the two thousand and twelve presidential debates when a candidate says something dumb or odd to so much fun to make silly pictures like

these on the internet whoa whoa he he but the problem is that the person who wins the bait is the one who makes the best argument not he who doesn't make a verbal slip ups people react to these debates like schoolgirls picking prom queen or romney talked about big bird who howard dean scream. gaffes don't matter that much it matters if the idea is the candidates present are effective or not but more importantly it matters if they will actually do them if a future can say proposed a brilliant economic plan that could save america but instead of saying pennies let the word penis slip our gossip celebrity culture would make him lose the election for sure he's a potent army of photoshop or sort of hundreds of copper fellas is drawn all over the internet by the next day a schoolgirl attitude towards politics won't do anything except make fun internet memes but that's just my opinion.

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to have you with us here on our to today on brewery sushi at hundreds of peaceful protesters in bahrain have come under attack from riot police firing tear gas at the rally was against the recent ban imposed on public gatherings seen as part of the government's crackdown on reform campaigns one a prominent activist has also been jailed for six months for posting a tweet that was said to be insulting to the king cullen couple of former lecturer at the university of bahrain thinks they'll be no peace until the monarchy steps down. to jail so no one for voicing their opinion violates freedom of expression that violates any standard of democracy around the world there is no improvement at all except that the regime has learned to play the world media like the violent they claim they support human rights they claim they are

instituting dialogue with the opposition they claim all sorts of changes and they are just rosy in bahrain meanwhile they continue the crackdown they continue the torture they continue to daily and they continue the killings in bahrain majority overwhelming majority the population over three quarters of the population of bahrain or add on it that the royal family which has been in power now for two hundred thirty is mostly they must abdicate other was there will be no social be in bahrain and the situation we're continuing to get more chaotic. but running on a rest is not documented on the many news sites but you will find. the f.b.i. plans to get access to all areas of people's emails now a bit of a stumbling block. as the agency to explain its world wide web spying plans which would force private companies to tailor their technology to make. all those details

on our website. perfect behavior or the plan to get russia to take a test before going abroad. prime time. news today. these are the. corporations today. are just a moment on the. prime minister. says the pussy riot punk band should have been jailed for the. stunt but he took

a moment to express his condemnation over the ethics. you people are very unpleasant to me both on the outside and only in they filled me with extreme negative emotions so much so that i don't like talking about them but i wouldn't put them in jail if i were a judge just because i don't consider it correct that their punishment was in the form of a custodial sentence they've already spent some time in custody that's actually enough. of course it was a three members of pussy riot being found guilty of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred this coming after performing their so-called punk prayer in moscow's main orthodox cathedral they were sentenced to two years jail but one was freed on probation after an appeal by the women insisted the stunt was political the name only of the authorities but their actions caused outrage among the religious community and ultimately divided russian public opinion. are straight to

australia now to start up the r.t. world update a commuter trains collided with a truck in melbourne killing one passenger and leaving eight other people injured the crash at a level crossing cause three carriages to derail and one to tip over leaving the trains driver in a serious condition it's not yet known what led to the collision. one of christianity's most popular pilgrimage sites has had its bank account frozen it's over a long running dispute between a jerusalem's church of the holy sapulpa and an israeli water company of a site shutting its doors for a day of protest the church is supposed to be built on the place where jesus christ was crucified and was exempt from water fees until a few years ago when it was asked to start paying. the european union has offered more than one hundred million dollars in development aid to me and maya and the book suspended sanctions against the asian state has been boosting ties since april

after political reforms there the cash injection. comes to spy europe's ongoing debt crisis and does eurozone unemployment hits new records. and diving deep into low standards in high finance here's what to come in the kaiser report and three hours from now why not say. jamie dimon dude out right here is get all you need to flip massive to do pain on this possessed devil of finance on wall street and you can attack the mood and various locations here and cause serious general told discomfort so it's right there oh dear me that's gotta hurt buddy or else go ahead and i'm right here in the head right here near your blade masters a smart brain cells are going to be out if you know that. cars report just a bit later in the day here on our city medics in canada have come up with

a very explicit way of warning against the health risks of obesity but critics say the alarming labeling will unfairly and inaccurately equate every me every day meals that is and drinks with more harmful products like tobacco and alcohol he's told botan explains. imagine you're about to bite into your pizza when you see this disease liver or perhaps you're taking a swig of your drink when this diseased foot catches your eye put off your food well that's just the effect some doctors in canada want frustrated with a growing epidemic of obesity the entire medical association have taken a leaf from their anti smoking contemporary's book and called for graphic labeling on fatty sugary i'm salty processed food they say society must stop tiptoeing around health risks such as diabetes heart and liver disease which can arise from eating too much of certain foods what we want to do is we want to tax foods that

are high in calories in the nutritional value and give tax breaks to healthy food but as you might imagine the shock food tactics have been hard to swallow for those who make or enjoy eating but targeted products they think the labels are over the top and accuse doctors of demonizing certain products and food categories carrying bacco to every day and beverage items non-sensical smoking tobacco products do not really have a balance in a healthy place that various food and beverage products which the ontario medical of those would place label warnings on i can absolutely heart of a balance other proposals that have sparked controversy include labeling excessive salt sugar and fat as pathogens that is disease causing viruses and bacteria age limits for buying soft drinks and temporarily taking some obese children away from

their parents william endl author of seeds of destruction says the doctors are right about the dangers of highly processed foods but that these labels will simply be ignored i don't know any single cigarette smoker who you know they pick up their cigarettes that make. their blind a little bit thought i don't think that stuff. nobody the fruits are engineer today in the private lab the borders of foods are engineering today in many cases to be addictive to stimulate the pleasure center of the brain so until you forced by law to change that kind of a who can't and you're not going to have any solution to this my mother theo and they also recommends higher taxes and marketing restrictions on junk food especially to children to to stick suggest twenty six percent of canadian children aged five to seventeen are overweight or obese. all right just a couple of minutes or a nazi we are off to washington to join lauren list of a program capital account this is artsy your news worldwide.

it's perched atop a jaw drop and the view from the kremlin stretches as far as the eye can see apt for a city to all of siberia for centuries. it lost its economic importance even before it was bypassed but a chance i bear in railway but the balls cremains a spiritual center. seems like these are a yearly occurrence thousands of also talks worshippers did themselves in blessid walter to commemorate the baptism of jesus.

in the fifteen eighties the russians had only just conquered siberia taking it from the muslims. surrounded by enemies the balls to be their stronghold constructed on top of an old a city but soon enough it became an economic hub siberian fire was the oil of its time bringing in a third of all russia's state revenue but the balls committed location head of the uses for the russians the russian heiress to crowds who led a revolt against azhar and eight hundred twenty five known as the decembrists will stand here in droves there they created a replica high society adopting the latest fashions as soon as they came out or at least once they made it from paris to siberia. but the city also serves up some bit of irony for the russian royal family after the bolshevik revolution. this is the office was closed the second spend most of the last year of his life his whole family had been exiled here a bit of a fairly comfortable existence this was

a big house but the weren't allowed to see businesses or go outside themselves whilst leaving this ordinary normal countryside lifestyle. but within the desire of his family would be dead. good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm more in the store here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for friday november second two thousand and twelve jobs numbers for october show the unemployment rate inching up a tenth of a percent to seven point nine percent but this is because more people entered the labor force which may be a good sign and payrolls climbed more than forecast so are we seeing incremental improvements on the labor front how sustainable is it given all the stimulus

measures in place since two thousand and eight and what do wages indicate about an economic recovery or lack thereof we'll talk about it and today the buzz is the labor department's report yesterday it was the private a.d.p. jobs report reportedly showing companies expanding payrolls the most in eight months now these numbers get so much buzz when they come out less so when revisions are later released what can we learn from a.d.p. is revisionist history that could temper our expectations and from superstorm sandy's price gouging to catastrophe bonds to why you would citizens don't vote for a third party candidate you wrote us will respond to you and your feedback let's get to today's capital account.

all right so the jobs report out today shows one hundred seventy one thousand jobs were added last month look at nonfarm payrolls beating median analyst expectations of one hundred twenty five thousand according to bloomberg and more than that one hundred forty eight thousand added in september which by the way was revised up now this is all according to the labor department the numbers come out every month the headline unemployment rate number went up a notch but that's because more people entered the workforce five hundred seventy eight thousand more edging the labor force participation rate up to sixty three point eight percent now this is a number we've seen declined steadily since two thousand and eight but it's been going the other direction the last few months here's where we are in context the economy has added private sector jobs bit by bit for thirty two consecutive months amounting to one hundred eleven point seven million but when you look at the number of p. .